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get away with

  1. Escape the consequences or blame for, as in Bill often cheats on exams but usually gets away with it . [Late 1800s]

  2. get away with murder . Escape the consequences of killing someone; also, do anything one wishes. For example, If the jury doesn't convict him, he'll have gotten away with murder , or He talks all day on the phone—the supervisor is letting him get away with murder . [First half of 1900s]



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But equally, if you don't take formal action, then there is a perception that offenders consistently get away with bad behaviour.

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The report also said it had heard instances of unreasonable behaviour from employees to their managers, such as "sending abusive emails, behaving aggressively in meetings or even making inappropriate comments that they get away with", and "managers or colleagues should feel able to intervene".

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Separately, some BBC staff members had accused Edwards of sending them flirtatious and "pushy" private messages, and one said he was treated "like this God of news" who was "allowed to feel like he could get away with anything".

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But he added that it is "very, very unlikely that a Nigerian could simply adopt a child to improve their immigration situation and get away with it because that would be pretty transparent".

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Certainly the “peace plan” that Trump had just laid on the table should have signaled that the Russians can get away with whatever levels of violence they’d like to commit.

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